Khattak Dance
Khattak is a swift martial sword-dance performed by professional dancers from the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
History of Khatak dance
A journalist of Pashtun origin, Amanullah Ghilzai, traced the roots of Khatak to an ancient Greek dance. According to his theory, Khatak, or Athan, is one of the [...]
Social Life of Pashtoons
Family
An attractive feature of the Pukhtoon way of life is the joint family system which signifies their deep love for the family’s solidarity and welfare. The desire of communal life emanates from a consideration of economic security and integrity. All the family members, even the [...]
Dresses & Attire of Pakhtoon
Cotton and wool are the main material used in clothes and these are woven and dyed and made into garments by each family or group.
Women wear the Chadri, which covers a woman from head to foot with a latticed slit for the eyes, is made of cotton in shades of blue, brown, black. In the [...]
Capturing Kalash Culture
Centuries old Kelash indigenous culture is at a greater risk today than any time in the past. Despite their remote location – landlocked in winters – last of the Kelash race is maintaining tenacious hold in district Chitral but is vulnerable to ravages of time and different pressures with external locus. [...]
Historical, cultural background& geography of sindh
Sindh is a repository of varied cultural values and has remained the seat of civilization and meeting point of diverse cultures from times immemorial. After Independence on August 14, 1947 with the influx of Muslims from India, its culture has progressively assumed a new complexion. Sindh’s cultural life has been shaped, to a large extent, [...]
Karachi History
Harbour city Karachi is famous as “land of opportunities” in Pakistan. During my period of initial orientation – tea used to be served for four annas per quarter cup then – and continuous visits later; I have found Karachi is constantly reinventing itself. It is a land of superlatives: Pakistan’s biggest [...]
Basant(Vasanta)in Pakistan
In the pre-partitioned Western Punjab, especially Lahore–locals celebrated the Basant festival by flying kites. Muslims of Punjab celebrated the Basant although it was considered as a local (non Islamic folk) festival. It was mainly Muslims that participated in kite flying as an event. At the time of partition in 1947, population of Lahore city was [...]
Sindh Cultural
Culture is everything! It is the very essence of symbolic dimensions of any community or place. It is the social legacy that is acquired and implemented in the lifestyle of people. The values and beliefs, social organization, behavior and the environment are all encased under the terminology “Culture”. The history and [...]
Karachi’s Heritage
The preservation of lists of buildings identified as significant is a prerequisite to the conservation of historic urban architecture. During the 1960s, Karachi Development Authority(KDA), under the guidance of its Chief Town Planner, Mr. Ahmed Ali, prepared a list of such buildings; however, the KDA list was limited (42 structures) [...]
